58  //  CONTACT POINT FOR ROMA AND SINTI ISSUES One of the speakers at the Roundtable Meeting on Access to Identity and Civil Registration Documents among Roma in Ukraine. Odesa, 30-31 May 2017 (Marina Bondailuk) ODIHR delivered a preparatory training event for 18 Roma and Sinti activists (10 men, 8 women) on the margins of the 2017 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. The participants also attended the meeting, which provided them an opportunity to present the human rights situation of their communities, particularly relating to youth issues and equal opportunities for women and men. Moreover, ODIHR, in co-operation with the European Roma Rights Centre, organized a side event on access to justice for Roma and Sinti during the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on 17 November in Vienna. Speakers from civil society organizations and the Council of Europe presented and discussed key obstacles to accessing justice for Roma and Sinti. Particular attention was given to the barriers faced by Roma and Sinti women and the steps that can be taken by public bodies to eliminate them. BUILDING TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN POLICE AND ROMA AND SINTI ODIHR continued its efforts to build trust and understanding between the police and Roma and Sinti, particularly through strengthening the capacity of police officers to conduct their work with Roma and Sinti and mixed communities in line with human rights standards. In 2017, ODIHR’s work in this area focused on the implementation of the training programme on Effective and Human Rights-Compliant Policing in Roma and Sinti Communities. During the year, ODIHR trained 101 front-line and senior law enforcement officers (60 men, 41 women) from Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. Prior to the training courses, ODIHR conducted training needs assessment visits to adapt the curricula so that they suited local needs and were tailored to deal with issues affecting relations between police and Roma and Sinti communities in specific countries. ODIHR organized two training courses for Polish police officers in co-operation with the Regional Police Headquarters in Kraków, Poland, on 26 and 27 April and on 5 and 6 December. The first training course included 20 front-line law enforcement officers (14 men, 6 women) working directly with Roma communities or mixed communities, while the second training course involved 20 senior police officers (16 men, 4 women) overseeing the work of the front-line law enforcement personnel. The Office also delivered training to 21 Hungarian front-line law enforcement officers (10 men, 11 women) in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior of Hungary on 10 and 11 October, in Budapest. In addition, ODIHR provided two training courses for 40 Ukrainian law e­ nforcement officers and representatives of the National Academy of Internal Affairs in co-operation with the National Police of Ukraine and the National